Biblical Law and Government

Lesson Three - Page 24

Acts 17:26 The Following is quoted from pages 200 and 201 of Whom God Has Joined Together By Pastor Dallas Jackson.

Acts 17:26-27, (26) And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; (27) That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: Isaiah 10:13, For he said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:”

Many people like to quote verse 26 which declares, And hath made of one blood all nations of men . . . in order to proclaim that all races of the earth are one. First of all I would like to point out that these scriptures have nothing whatsoever to do with miscegenation. Did the men of Athens call for Paul to teach them a Bible study about inter-racial marriages? No! Paul was stirred in his spirit when he saw the city given to idola try (verse 16) and came to preach them the good news of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Let's stick with the issue. Dr. Ruckman's comment: "In 1958 in a city in Kentucky, a group of America's top religious personages met to discuss the problem of segregation and integration. They represented gradua tions of Protestant theology from Practical Atheism to fundamentalism. At this round table a remarkable thing happened which every Christian should note. Every man there who took the side of race-mixing as a Christian duty cited Acts 17:26 as a proof-text for his Christian conviction. Acts 17:26 was quoted again and again to show that Segregation was un-Christian. The text reads as follows: And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; Not one man at that table quoted the verse as written! "Every man that relied on it stopped at the word EARTH and dissected the verse as neatly as a

Campbellite ever dissected 1 Peter 3:21! Think of it! With all the religious attainments and scholastic degrees and Christian profession represented at that meeting there was not a man there who dared to tell the people what the English Bible said! Most of the men who quoted it not only refused to finish the verse and the context but even rejected Alford's correct Greek reading, found in the King James, where it says BLOOD. "This omission was so obvious among the liberals it was almost pitiful or embarrassing to watch. In order that the gullible masses might believe the Bible con doned making all nations one, the word Blood was carefully knocked out of the Greek text in the RSV and ASV, and the New English Bible. (The AV is much more accurate from the standpoint of science, as the only similarity between the races is the blood. Their physical characteristics, which differ, originate in the genes and chromosomes.) The most shocking thing about all this bushwacking in Kentucky was that the context of Acts 17:26 goes on to say that God's purpose in setting boundaries was so men could seek the Lord! (Acts 17:27) Those that remove the bounds are hindering God's work, not aiding it (Hosea 5:10). The passage, then, cited buy these race-mixers is the very passage that condemns and rebukes them for violating the laws of nature and of God. Small wonder that none of then finished the passage!

(74) Finally, return to Deuteronomy 4:30 and notice the words, even in the latter days. Is the Book of Deuteronomy for us in these latter days, or is it, as the Humanists claim, an unproved and outmoded faith? ( ) Yes.The Book of Deuteronomy contains information for us today. ( ) No. The Book of Deuteronomy makes interesting reading but we are not subject to any higher authority. (Doctrine #5 of The Humanist Manifesto I.)

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